योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-128, verse-91

हा स्वर्गममुना शून्यं हा पातालादिहागतः ।
तस्यागमादयं लोको मध्यमः श्रेष्ठतां गतः ॥ ९१ ॥

hā svargamamunā śūnyaṃ hā pātālādihāgataḥ ,
tasyāgamādayaṃ loko madhyamaḥ śreṣṭhatāṃ gataḥ 91

91. hā svargam amunā śūnyam hā pātālāt iha āgataḥ
tasya āgamāt ayam lokaḥ madhyamaḥ śreṣṭhatām gataḥ

91. hā amunā svargam śūnyam hā pātālāt iha āgataḥ
tasya āgamāt ayam madhyamaḥ lokaḥ śreṣṭhatām gataḥ

91. Alas, heaven is empty because of him! Alas, he has come here from the netherworlds (pātāla)! Due to his arrival, this middle world (loka) has attained supremacy.

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial region, paradise

• अमुना (amunā) - by this one, by him

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted, useless

• हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

• पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworlds

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, attained

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of that, its

• आगमात् (āgamāt) - from the arrival, due to the arrival

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

• मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - middle, intermediate, central

• श्रेष्ठताम् (śreṣṭhatām) - supremacy, excellence, superiority, best state

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached, become

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial region, paradise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial region, paradise

From 'su' (good) + root 'ṛj' (to go) + suffix 'ga'. 'svarga' literally means 'going to light' or 'happy state'.

Root: ṛj

अमुना (amunā) - by this one, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), this

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted, useless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, deserted, zero

Root: śū (class 1)

हा (hā) - alas! ah! woe!

(indeclinable)

पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworlds

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - the netherworld, subterranean regions, hell

इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached, happened, attained

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'gam' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आगमात् (āgamāt) - from the arrival, due to the arrival

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āgama

āgama - arrival, coming, acquisition, sacred text, tradition

From 'ā-' (prefix) and root 'gam' (to go).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (near the speaker)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, division of the universe, people

From root 'lok' (to see).

Root: lok (class 1)

मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - middle, intermediate, central

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, intermediate, central, ordinary

Derived from 'madhya' (middle).

श्रेष्ठताम् (śreṣṭhatām) - supremacy, excellence, superiority, best state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭhatā

śreṣṭhatā - supremacy, excellence, superiority, the state of being best

Derived from 'śreṣṭha' (best) with suffix '-tā' (fem. noun forming).

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached, become

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, passed, attained, become, reached

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)